title: Eating behavior in relation to prevalence of overweight among Japanese men.
abstract: Obesity is an important risk factor for lifestyle diseases. There has been much interest in the role of eating behavior in the development of obesity, but findings from population-based epidemiologic studies are limited and inconsistent. The objective of our cross-sectional study was to examine the association between eating behavior and prevalence of overweight. Subjects were 290 men of two municipal offices in northeastern Kyusyu, Japan. A positive association was found between overweight and some eating behaviors; multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for overweight were 4.33 (2.46-7.64), 2.29 (1.22-4.32), and 2.01 (1.06-3.80) for the behaviors of eating quickly, eating until full and eating fatty foods, respectively. Moreover, the prevalence of overweight was further increased when these eating behaviors were combined; multivariate odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of overweight for men with 1, 2 and ≥3 versus no high-risk eating behaviors were 2.66 (1.27-5.56), 4.32 (1.87-9.97) and 7.32 (3.01-17.84), respectively (pp<0.0001 for trend). Our findings suggest that eating quickly, eating until full and eating fatty foods are related to overweight in Japanese men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Life Science, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Fukuyama University, Sanzo 1, Gakuencho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 729-0292, Japan. kimura@fubac.fukuyama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanri
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D012527:Satiation; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats